▶ Your Answer :There is a everlasting debate over whether television has positive or negative effect on the culture of this society. Some people are utterly convinced that television has negative influence on the culture of this society. In my opinion, however, television gives this society positive influence by following two reasons : feeding generous mind and enhancing the ability to think.
First of all, through television, we can find the ability to accept differences, which enhance the cultural diversity. Television offers various programs such as documentary regarding family suffering from poverty, broken family, and multi-culture-family. In the course of watching such a program, we can more realistically feel the distress which is inflicted on the social minorities than we otherwise would have. The empathy enables us to acknowledge and accept differences, which helps others who are facing different situation to well adjust to this society. The understand and accept about dissimilarity, eventually, offers healthy soil for various life. For example, a multi-culture-family lived in my town. The family had problems such as bullying and discrimination. However, after KBS broadcasted a documentary about multi-culture-family titled as 'We are the same family' the town's recognition totally changed. Finally, we could be in harmony as we was. It means that our society has been more diverse than before.
Second reason is that television enlighten the public by informing people of the most important issue in the society. Television, through news programs, offers various information concerning economy, politics, culture, and society. While lack of knowledge make the public stupid -'deaf' and 'blind', knowing such a information enable the public to critically think. And therefore, the information makes people not just interested in social issue, but also deeply and closely consider social phenomena, which can forge the sound culture to criticize. For example, in my highschool days, I consistently watched morning news through television. The program offered various information from Quantity Easy in america to the present election in korea. The knowledge made me open my eyes toward the world and deeply consider social phenonenon. The information change me -'blind' and 'deaf'- to civilized one. it means that television, in shape of information-supplier, can positively affect to social culture.
In couclusion, television has had positive influence on the culture of the society. First, television enhance the ability to accept the differences others have. Second, television make people civilized. |